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NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss the College Football Playoff and more.

Next month, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts will launch its new Junior Appalachian Music program for students aged 11 to 17.

At a school board meeting this week, officials laid out several challenges as the district’s iPads, Chromebooks and laptops begin to reach the end of their usable lives.

North Carolina needs $5 million for the federal government to provide $125 million for the SUN Bucks program. It helps feed more than a million kids.

The state will temporarily run child welfare services in the county after a review raised serious safety concerns.

Trump threatens military action to stop the protests in Minneapolis, Maria Corina Machado presents Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize, Trump announces health plan that's scant on details.

Last year, three Democrats joined Republicans to override Gov. Stein’s veto of a controversial energy bill. Those Democrats face primary challenges.

How much money a school can spend on its students still depends, in large part, on local property taxes. And many states aren't doing much to level the field for poor kids.

There are huge gaps in school funding between affluent and property-poor districts. And, with evidence that money matters, especially for disadvantaged kids, something has to change.

It's one of the loudest debates in education: whether spending more money adds up to better test scores and graduation rates.